Watch: The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

Documentary • History

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The Village Detective: A Song Cycle
The Village Detective: A Song Cycle
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1/1/20231h 21m

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Overview:

Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Iceland, July 9, 2016. The surprising discovery of a canister —containing four reels of The Village Detective (Деревенский детектив), a 1969 Soviet film—, caught in the nets of an Icelandic trawler, is the first step in a fascinating journey through the artistic life of film and stage actor Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov (1899-1981), icon and star of an entire era of Russian cinema.

Director:

Bill Morrison

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$294,456.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

  • propaganda
  • cinema on cinema
  • found footage
  • russian history
  • portrait of an artist
  • soviet union history

Cast

Gísli Fannar Gylfason

~ as ~

Self - Fróði II Trawler Crew Member

Erlendur Sveinsson

~ as ~

Self - Former NFAI Director

Pyotr Bagrov

Pyotr Bagrov

~ as ~

Self - Former Gosfilmotond Curator

Mikhail Zharov

Mikhail Zharov

~ as ~

Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

Czar Nicholas II of Russia

Czar Nicholas II of Russia

~ as ~

Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin

~ as ~

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

~ as ~

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Leon Trotsky

Leon Trotsky

~ as ~

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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